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KKR vs RCB IPL 2025: When KKR faced RCB during a tournament opener the last time was way back in 2008. And now both these teams would be playing against each other for the first time ever since they played the first game of this tournament.

There are a few things which have changed from that day to now. RCB was earlier known as Royal Challengers Bangalore. But one thing is constant even after 17 years they haven't won the title yet.

KKR vs RCB: Playing XI

Star batter Virat Kohli will be gearing up for the tournament opener of IPL 2025. He is the only player who is part of both matches. Let's take a look at the playing XI of both these teams of the 2008 IPL clash.

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KKR: Sourav Ganguly (C), Brendon McCullum (WK), Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ashok Dinda and Ishant Sharma.

RCB: Rahul Dravid (C), Wasim Jaffer, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Cameron White, Mark Boucher (WK), Balachandra Akhil, Ashley Noffke, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Sunil Joshi.

KKR vs RCB: Key moments of the game

The first-ever game of this cash-rich league tournament had set the foundation for its brilliant future. While batting first, KKR star batter Brendon McCullum grabbed the limelight by scoring an unbeaten knock of 158 runs off 73 balls and helped the team post a mammoth target of 222 runs.

The RCB bowlers looked clueless as they failed to stop McCullum's onslaught as they all gave away lots of runs, especially Jacques Kallis (48 runs in 4 overs) and Cameron White (24 in 1 over).

While chasing, RCB succumbed to the pressure. Ajit Agarkar and Ashok Dinda rattled their batting lineup. Except for Praveen Kumar, none of the other batters could score in double digits. They were skittled out for 82 runs and thus KKR won the match by 140 runs.

This was a record-breaking first match of the tournament, where Brendon McCullum was adjudged the Player of the Match award. Will history be repeated? It remains to be seen in the next few hours.